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Solana mainnet performance upgrades

Overview

Solana has implemented a series of mainnet upgrades aimed at increasing network capacity and reducing latency.

On July 29, the network increased its mainnet block limit from 60 million to 100 million compute units (CUs) following the activation of proposal SIMD-0286. This 66% capacity increase was designed to accommodate rising demand from trading and payment applications while maintaining a 400ms block time.

Following this, the network successfully executed its first speed upgrade, reducing the target slot time from approximately 400ms to 350ms. This transition, which began at Epoch 1020, marks the first phase of a four-stage plan under the SIMD-0525 improvement proposal. The long-term roadmap aims to progressively lower slot times to 300ms, 250ms, and eventually 200ms.

To maintain a consistent theoretical maximum of approximately 250 million compute units per second, the maximum compute units allowed per block were reduced to 87.5 million CUs at the 350ms target. Jacob Creech, Vice President of Technology at the Solana Foundation, described the implementation as entering ‘a new era of 350ms.’

Future stages of the rollout are tentatively targeted for the Agave v4.2 upgrade, a validator client developed by Anza. This phased approach is intended to allow validator operators and developers to test network stability as block production speeds increase. Additionally, the team plans to eventually move network parameters on-chain to allow clients to query parameters directly without manual version updates.

Entities

Anza · Solana Foundation · Jito Labs · Solana · Lucas Bruder

Timeline

  1. 7 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 5 sources
    Solana reduces network slot time to 350ms in first speed upgrade

    Solana has reduced its network slot time from 400ms to 350ms, marking the first step in a four-stage plan to reach 200ms and decrease transaction confirmation latency.

  2. 10 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 7 sources
    Solana to reduce mainnet slot time to 350ms

    Solana is upgrading its mainnet to reduce target slot times from 400ms to 350ms starting in Epoch 1020, while adjusting per-block compute limits to maintain network stability.

  3. about 1 month ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    Solana Boosts Mainnet Block Capacity to 100 Million Compute Units

    Solana raised its mainnet block limit from 60 M to 100 M compute units—a 66% increase—activated on July 29, boosting capacity for payments and trading while keeping block times unchanged.

Sources

bitcoinethereumnews.com · blockchainreporter.net · blocktempo.com · coinpedia.org · crypto-insiders.nl · crypto-times.jp · crypto.news · cryptobriefing.com · cryptonomist.ch · cryptoslate.com · thecryptocurrencypost.net

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